Monday, April 7, 2014

Neruda

Let's not forget one of the old favorites, a recent Chilean, Pablo Neruda [1904-1973]. Here's a great place to read his work. If you want to get a book, let me recommend this one--they're tricky. Some are terrible, others are great. Here's some more info on him. Here's a quick excerpt:

‘Perhaps not to be is to be without your being.’
LXIX From: ‘Cien sonetos de amor’

Perhaps not to be is to be without your being,

without your going, that cuts noon light
like a blue flower, without your passing
later through fog and stones,

without the torch you lift in your hand
that others may not see as golden, [...]

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